Hämeen-Anttila, Jaakko

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PREFACEThe Dîwãn of Abä'n-Natm al-(Illi was first edited by <Alã'addîn Aghã 1981, but hisedition is very defective. It contains 797 verses, of which 191 belong to the Um¡n ar-raþaz,the remaining about 600 having been collected by the editor from literature. Thepresent edition contains 1337 verses, as well as about 50 variant verses, versesexcluded from the drwãn, etc., i.e. it almost doubles the amount of verses collectedfrom literature (about ll50 verses not counting the Umm ar-rapaz), Moreover,<Alã'addrn Aghã indicates his sources very insufficiently, and he does not give anyvariant readings. Seen in this light, a re-edition of the dlwãn of one of the leadingralaz poets was imperative in order to understand the development of the geme.The role of Abü'n-Nalm in the development of ra$az poetry has often beenunderestimated - his name is not found in many of the most authoritative histories ofArabic literature - although, e.g.,'tVagner in his Grundzüge der klassischen arabì-schen Dichtung did recognize his importance and value. In fact, the diwãn of Abä'n-Nalm was obviously larger than any other raSaz diwãn excepting that of Ruba and,possibly, al-'A$Sã$. He has also had a central role in the development of ralazpoetry, especially the ¡ardÎya.The poems are given with a commentary which has been compiled by the editorfrom the explanations to the verses of Abä'n-Nalm in philological literature. In a fewcases I have also included anecdotal stories connected with the verses, mainly fromK. al-Aghãnl and al-Maydãnl's Maþa( al-amthãI, even though their historical valueis questionable.The poems are given with full vocalization, except in a few sases, mainlyligatures with L, where the computer printout \r/as very unclear, not to say misleading(e.g. a fatþa and a sukun came out looking like one damma).The main sources from which the verses have been taken were selected on thebasis of a) the age of the source, b) the length of the fragment, c) acceptability of itsvariant readings, and d) to a lesser extent, whether the fragment has been attributed toAbä'n-Na$m or not. Thus, an old source which gives a long fragment with goodreadings and attribution to Abü'n-Nalm has been preferred to a later source, whichhas a short, anonymous fragment.ABBREVIAToNSL = Ibn ManUär, Lisãn al-(arabg = al-Õawhan-, as-Sit¡abM = Ibn SIda, al-MukhaççaçKh = (Abdalqãdir al-Baghdãdl, Khizãnat al-adab'Ayn = al-Khalîl ibn Ahmad, K. al-'AynAgh. = Abä'l-Fara!, K. al-AghãniSS = as-Suyä!r-, Sharh ash-shawãhidT'A = az-Zabrú, Tãt al-(arúsI

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